Kevin Sutcliffe

The police and Crown Prosecution Service are to publicly apologise and pay a six-figure sum for accusing a Channel 4 documentary exposing extremism in Britain’s mosques of misleading editing. The apology will be made at the High Court following the broadcaster’s decision to launch libel proceedings against police and the CPS. A press release issued […]

Channel 4 was at the centre of yet more controversy after a film claiming to expose Islamic extremism was denounced as ‘misleading’ by police. The Dispatches documentary featured footage shot at several mosques – including one at which a preacher praised the Taliban for killing British soldiers. The film-makers had expected action to be taken […]

A police force had complained about Channel 4’s Undercover Mosque A police force has made a formal complaint to Ofcom after an inquiry into the editing of the Channel 4 programme Undercover Mosque. West Midlands Police said it had been advised by the Crown Prosecution Service that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute the broadcaster […]

Channel 4 has been accused of distortion in an undercover programme on extremism in mosques. A police force has made a formal complaint to industry regulator Ofcom after an inquiry into the editing of the Channel 4 programme Undercover Mosque. The Dispatches programme featured footage shot at a number of mosques, including one at which […]

The Dispatches programme featured footage shot at number of mosques Channel 4 has rejected claims that it spliced together extracts from speeches by Islamic preachers to distort their views, as it emerged a second Dispatches programme is being investigated by police. The broadcaster said it was confident of successfully defending a complaint made to Ofcom […]